Bradley HamnerFounder, BlueprintOS · Founder - Above the Business & BlueprintOS

Finding A Players with Kolby Goodman

Name: Finding A Players with Kolby Goodman
Uploaded: 2024-03-19T16:00:49+00:00
Duration: 51 s
Channel: Bradley Hamner
Description: In this segment Kolby Goodman explains that founders should hire based on what candidates love and excel at, rather than simply offloading tasks the…

19 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment Kolby Goodman explains that founders should hire based on what candidates love and excel at, rather than simply offloading tasks the founder dislikes. He emphasizes identifying people whose expertise and enthusiasm match the specific puzzles and opportunities a business faces—using the example of finding an accounting enthusiast who enjoys Excel, VLOOKUP, and pivot tables. The core message is to frame roles around a candidate’s zone of expertise and passion, ensuring they are motivated by the problems they solve, instead of treating them as a dump‑bucket for unwanted founder tasks.

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It's about how you communicate it. 'Cause it's just not about what I don't want to do. As like, if we use me as a business owner, I don't hire based on what I simply don't want to do. It's based on what I'm not the best at doing, right? Like I, and I'm looking for people who want to take that on. Hey, like I, I'm not good at accounting. I don't want to deal with the numbers. I, you know, hate Excel. Maybe somebody out there loves it, is a nerd for, you know, VLOOKUP and pivot tables, right? Who is excited with the problems, the opportunities, the puzzles that need to be solved to help the business move forward. Yeah. And so it's not about, hey, I want to throw you all the stuff that I don't want to do. It's about, hey, let me give you the thing that I know is in your zone of expertise.